I was born in 1958, so for years now I've been working on putting together an 1858 business strike set. There are 29 Type/Mint Marks in the set, of which two (both gold) are out of reach for me. The rarity, and hence the price, is all over the boards for the other assorted Type/Mint Mark's. Because of this I decided not to go with a specific condition throughout the set, but rather a set (top) price for each Type/MM. I'm finding about 1 or 2 coins a year. Here's my $2.50 Liberty for the set. It is graded NGC MS62/CAC. The images are by Bob Campbell, and I think he did an excellent job.
Thank you guys! It is not "dirty" gold, so I suspect at some point in time in the past someone "processed" it. However, the lines you see are die polish lines. I would have preferred a dirty gold piece, but I am QUITE happy with this one.
